NORHAM is the place where St Aidan crossed the Tweed on his way from Iona to establish his monastery at Lindisfarne or Holy Island in A.D. 635.
It is said that when a stone church was built at Lindisfarne the wooden structure was transferred to Norham. the preaching cross on the village green may be on [...]
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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
St Cuthbert’s Church – Norham
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 5th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
LadyKirk – The Architecture
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 4th 2014
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Wightwick Manor – Some Details
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lucerne 2013
Architecture 100 :: 39 Amrein’s House
This ‘historic chalet’ was built in 1874 and is the former residence of the Amrein-Troller family. It is now a musem displaying many interesting historical facts (in particular the historical geology) of the region.
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2013
Filed under Holidays, Lucerne 2013
Architecture 100 :: 38 Mountain Chalet
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2013
The Kultur-und Kongresszentrum or Culture and Convention Centre when translated into English is more commonly known as the KKL Centre.
The KKL Centre was a project of French architect Jean Nouvel and built between the years 1995 to 2000.
The Culture and Convention Center in Lucerne is composed of three parts: a concert hall, conference rooms [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2013
